Esther · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Esther.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1890

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 85 recorded years as a table

Esther, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1890	54
1892	41
1893	45
1894	60
1895	136
1896	50
1897	62
1898	57
1900	40
1901	94
1903	50
1904	39
1905	76
1906	38
1907	68
1908	52
1909	67
1910	57
1911	58
1912	40
1913	20
1914	21
1915	19
1916	29
1917	18
1918	14
1919	17
1920	16
1921	11
1922	19
1923	12
1924	13
1925	18
1926	18
1927	20
1928	26
1929	19
1930	20
1931	24
1932	18
1933	27
1934	18
1935	18
1936	14
1937	12
1938	20
1939	14
1940	13
1941	13
1942	8
1943	7
1944	8
1945	4
1946	4
1947	5
1949	5
1950	4
1953	4
1955	2
1956	5
1958	2
1959	3
1962	3
1964	4
1965	5
1966	3
1974	4
1976	4
1979	4
1981	3
1982	5
1983	4
1984	5
1985	4
1986	4
1987	4
1989	5
1990	3
1991	4
1992	4
1993	5
2010	3
2013	4
2020	3
2022	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Esther isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Esther

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022: 5
Rank in 2022: #12,330
How rare: 1 in 349,201 boys
Since 1890: 972

Esther was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1895, at 136 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Esther doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.